Zoomer Magazine

ZOOMER is Canada’s exciting magazine for Canadians 45 and up. Each issue brings you tips on living healthy, staying fit, and making your money last. Enjoy travel advice, arts and food reviews, stylish shopping, health breakthroughs and secrets to successful intimacy. Plus, meet fascinating celebrities, spiritual leaders, authors and more!

Zoomer Magazine • VOLUME 40, NUMBER 6

Contributors Letter

From the Editor-in-Chief & Publisher: Suzanne Boyd

Audience Feedback: What Goes Around Comes Around

Wisdom of the Ages • A DIGEST OF NEWS AND VIEWS TO INSPIRE BODY, MIND AND SPIRIT

A Digest Of News And Views To Inspire Body, Mind And Spirit • When Stuart Heritage began writing a memoir about hair loss, the British author had agonizing anxiety about his own. “Does the state of my head signal to the world my capacity to live with failure?” he writes in Bald. “You bet it does.” In this excerpt, Heritage explains how he turned his resentment into appreciation

Dear Supercentenarian

Cell-By Date

Age Is Just A Number…

The Oldie Index: Defying Ageism, One Senior Moment At A Time • Defying ageism, one senior moment at a time

Later in Love: How Math Brought A Vancouver Couple Together

The Joy Of Connections: Before She Died, Ruth Westheimer Provided A Roadmap On How To Escape Social Isolation • CONTINUE HAVING SEX!

The Non-Retirement Plan: Meet Michael Eskin, Winnipeg’s 83-Year-Old Food-Science Rapper

Style with Attitude: Roslyn Griffith Hall On Finding Your Sense Of Playfulness Through Fashion • FILM, FASHION & TV SUPERSTYLIST, AGE 63

The Exchange: Billionaire Hotspots; Generational Fairness; Shrinkflation, Cyber Security; Sleeping Soundly; Economic Soft Landing

What Will Pierre Poilievere’s Fiscal Blueprint Look Like? The Experts Weigh In • What’s in store for us if the Tories win the next election? We asked two economists to look into their crystal balls to make some policy predictions

POV: Libby Znaimer Is Ready To Welcome Cats Back Into Her Life • I’m ready to welcome felines back into my life

Cher 101: Life Lessons From The Ultimate Feminist Pop Star • ELIZABETH RENZETTI IMAGINES A FEMINIST CRASH COURSE ON THE SELF-DESCRIBED “MESSY ICON”

Apocalypse Again: Francis Ford Coppola Embraces The Chaos Of Life – And Finds Hope For The Future • As he unveils his latest self-funded epic and mourns the loss of his wife, six-time Oscar winner Francis Ford Coppola embraces the chaos of life – and finds hope for the future

The Redux of the Matter: In Revenge of the Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell Revisits His Blockbuster About Social Epidemics • Malcolm Gladwell revisits his blockbuster about social epidemics, The Tipping Point, and exposes nefarious actors who exploited them

This Is No Swan Song: Talking Sex – And Aging And Menopause – With Naomi Watts • Naomi Watts on fearlessly facing menopause and soaring to new heights

How Food Can Treat Mood: This Is Your Brain On Sugar, Fat And Coffee • Nutritional psychiatry is showing how diet affects inflammation, a key driver in brain metabolism

Curve Appeal: There Are No Right Angles In The Latest Furniture Trend • Slip into something more comfortable this fall with furniture’s more sensuous forms

Not Your Grandmother’s Sherry: Fortified Wine Is Appearing on the Menus Of Stylish Bars Everywhere

Chasing Shadows: Celebrating The Canadian Heroes Whose Bravery And Skill Helped Win The Battle of Britain • Military historian Ted Barris shines a spotlight on the overlooked contributions of four Canadians whose grit and determination helped ensure victory in the Battle of Britain

Tee Off Under The Midnight Sun: Iceland’s Wild Weather And Stunning Terrain Pose Unique Challenges For Golfers •...